Church of the Nativity

Built in 1697-1701 in the style of "Moscow Baroque" at the expense of the patrimonial Savelovs who owned the village in the late XVII - early XVIII century, the Church of the Nativity in the village of Borodino and to this day is a unique monument of Russian temple construction, and, importantly, is a "Witness of the Battle of Borodino", as the memorial plaque says.

During the significant event of 1812, an observation post of the Russian army was located on the church bell tower. And at the time of the artillery attack, the bell tower itself and the head of the temple were badly damaged. And now you can see bullet marks on the walls. And the French troops who captured the village burned the interior of the temple to the ground. Only by 1826 the Church of the Nativity of Christ was fully restored, but not consecrated. The temple received a new consecration only in 1839, and with it the name Smolensk Church.

The sad events of the 1930s turned the church into the building of the Veterinary Artel, and during the Great Patriotic War, in the second battle of Borodino, the church suffered more significantly, having survived the battle. This time there was a machine gun nest on the bell tower.

The next restoration of the church of the village of Borodino began only in 1961, after its inclusion in the monuments of the military-historical complex Borodino field. At first it served as a place for the museum.

Only on the 300th anniversary of the church were services resumed. The walls were repainted, a new iconostasis was installed.

The temple still works today. It has a Sergievsky chapel.